Strong Start

Troy Sidle | New York City

Strong Start Irish Coffee Cocktail Recipe

“One of my favorite uses for génépy is as a sweetener for heavy cream,” says Troy Sidle, former bartender at New York’s Pouring Ribbons. In this riff on the classic Irish coffee, Sidle contrasts the herbaceous aromatics of génépy cream with warming, rum-spiked coffee.

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 8 ounces freshly brewed hot coffee
  • 8 ounces freshly brewed hot coffee
  • 1 1/2 ounces rum, preferably El Dorado 12-year-old
  • 1 1/2 ounces rum, preferably El Dorado 12-year-old
  • 1/2 ounce Demerara syrup
  • 1/2 ounce Demerara syrup
  • génépy cream, to top (see Editor's Note)
  • génépy cream, to top (see Editor's Note)

Garnish: orange peel, to express

Directions
  1. Combine the coffee, rum and syrup in a clear coffee mug.
  2. Top with the génépy cream. Express the orange peel over the drink.
Editor's Note

Génépy Cream

1 ounce génépy, preferably Dolin Génépy des Alpes
3 ounces cold heavy cream
1 pinch salt

Shake ingredients with a small amount of ice.

Tagged: coffee, genepy, rum, syrup